Wilgerbosdrift’s red hot sire Fire Away came up with two more winners on Friday.
Not only did Fire Away’s classy son Wild Fig run out an an impressive winner of the eighth race at Fairview, but the sire’s son Phutulicious won the eighth race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on the same day.

Fire Away went close to having a treble on Friday with his daughter Blenheim Palace beaten just a short-head when second in the third race at Hollywoodbets Greyville.

The uber consistent Wild Fig made it five wins from his last six starts when he won Friday’s Betway Middle Stakes (2000m).
Under Richard Fourie, the Alan Greeff trained four-year-old stormed home to win impressively by two and a quarter lengths, despite having to carry 62kgs on his back.

Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, the Peter Moor owned Wild Fig has won six of 21 starts.
The gelding is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Boxwood Bower.

Fire Away is also the sire of Phutulicious, who defied his 14-1 starting price when he won Friday’s Hollywoodbets Bright Future Class 4 (1200m).
The Alyson Wright trained six-year-old ran on strongly, under Serino Moodley, to pick up the fifth win of his career.
Bred by Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein, Phutulicious, who is out of the Shamardal mare Centimes, is owned by Hollywood Racing.

Earlier in the week, Fire Away had made international headlines when his Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein bred daughter Egyptian Mau won the G3 Belmont Turf Sprint Stakes at Belmont Park on Thursday.